His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, may God protect him, directed the merging of the Dubai Economy and the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing to become the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism, and the appointment of Hilal Saeed Al Marri as Director General of the new department. According to tweets, via the official account of the Dubai Government Media Office on Twitter.
His Highness said: “The new department’s function is to support the emirate’s economic and tourism transformations. Dubai’s economic history has gone through many stages through which it has become a model for economic development and a preferred tourism destination. Today, our ambitions are greater and our priorities are different. And global competition with us requires new thinking.”
He added, “We have set targets for the department to increase the added value of the industrial sector by 150% over the next 5 years, to expand foreign export markets for local products by 50%, and to attract tourists by 40% by 2025.”
Mohammed bin Rashid directs the merging of the Dubai Economy and the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing to become the “Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism”, and the appointment of Hilal Saeed Al Marri as Director General of the new department.
— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) November 6, 2021
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